The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-25
General News-Sifted.

General NeWS-Sifted.
Gov. Hill of New York has gone
to Newport, r. L., to spend a few
days with Gen. George Magee and
Gen. Austin Lathrop.
The village of DeGraff, Logan
county, o., place of 1900 inhabi-
tants, was almost entirely destroyed
by fire Saturday night. The loss is
$50, 900.
f. A. Hoyt, cashier of the Putnam
county savings bank, Carmel, N. y,
is defaulter to the amount of S25,-
600.
Dr.. N. A. Archer, professor of
hygiene in the University of Pennsyl-
yania, was drowned while surf bath
ing near Atlantic City, N. j., Sun
day.
Cincinnati is to have monument
to the memory of President Harrison.
Artists are now at work on the de-
signs and a selection will soon be
made. The statue will be unveiled
in the fall of 1888 on the centennial
anniversary of the city of Cincinnati.
Alvan Clark of Cambridge, Mass,
the noted marker of telescopes, died
Friday, aged SO. His greatest work
was the glass of the telescope for the
Lick observatory in California, for
which he was paid $4,000. His son
will continue the business.
Serious disaster to shipping was
caused by a terrific cyclone on the
North Carolina coast, where the wind
blew 125 miles an hour.
Thinew suspension bridge at Mag
ara Falls will be rebuilt to accomo-
datea double track for teams. The
only old part left will be the towers.
The work is expected to be finished
by April 1888.
President Cleveland's party will
1 arrive in st. Louis October L, and
remain there until the night of the
4th, leaving there for Chicago.
The democratic state convention of
Massachusetts has been called to meet
at Worcester, September 20.
President Cleveland's invitation
to Pitsburg is to be engraved on a
steel plate, which is to be rolled until
it is only three thousands of an inch
in thickness and can be rolled together
in the form of scroll. To roll piece
of steel so thin requires an enormous
amount of work and the greatest
care and skill. Should there be the
slightest defect in the rolls the plate
would be wavy and spoiled. On the
plate will be engraved the invitation,
with the names of the Presidents OF
the different committees attached, the
J coats of arms of the United States, OF
the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny
and the new Court House.
The latest dynamite sensation is
the arrest of a well dressed woman
and her maid at the fashionable re.
sort of Cowes. The arrest was made
by London detectives, who claim tt
have obtained information that the
woman, or at least the mistress was
acting as the accomplish of dynamit,
conspirators.
The statement is made that &c
= pounds of the explosive found in thu
satchel in the possession of the sus
pected parties.
The theory is made that this means
was taken of smuggling the dynamite
into London without arousing suspi
ion, or that the intention may hav,
been to use it at Coews in case certain
Objectionable persons should max,
their appearance at that place. Th,
a latter suspicion is not credited, how
t ever.
:, The Irish party are not suspected
S in this case. 1t is Nihilist scheme
e Developments are awaited with con
siderable interest.
: The postoffice department recent,
o adopted new design for one cen
S postage stamp.
: In the center Of the stamp is profit
o bust of Benjamin Franklin looking t.
: the left, in an oval disk with sha
t ded backgrounds, the lower portiol
of the oval being bordered with pearl
h and the upper portion with a curve
4 panel containing in small white letter
f the words, "United States Postage.
8 The whole is engraved in line upon
6 shield-shaped tablet with trancate
o pyramidal base bearing on it the wor
lone" and SCENT" on each side of tn
figure a."
The stamps are ultramarine in colo
but are somewhat similarin appearenc
to the old stamp. 1t is undorstoo
a that changes are to be made in til
color of some of the other stamps. tn
IL two-cent adhesive stamp will b
II chanuad from rod tn green and th